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Compound of eight triangular prisms

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Compound of eight triangular prisms
Type Polyhedral compound
Index UC31
Polyhedra 8 triangular prisms
Faces 16 triangles, 24 squares
Edges 72
Vertices 48
Symmetry group octahedral (Oh)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent 3-fold dihedral (D3)

This polyhedral compound is a symmetric arrangement of 8 triangular prisms, aligned in pairs with the axes of three-fold rotational symmetry of an octahedron. It results from composing the two enantiomorphs of the compound of 4 triangular prisms.

References

  • John Skilling, Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 79, pp. 447-457, 1976.